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    [...]LESSONS LEARNED WHILE BUILDING NEW LIBRARIES: 14

    LIBRARY MAHI: MARION READ DELIVERING ON THE LGNZ L[...]
    [...]essons learned while building new libraries

    IFLA Library Buildings Committee

    Nga Puna Mataraunga o Te Awa[...]braries outreach

    NEWSBOARD PITOPITO KORERO

    IFLA Library Buildings Committee

    LIANZA Te Whakakitenga aa Ka[...]award
    Book Review - Te Ata o Tu

    REGULAR COLUMNS
    Library Mahi: Marion Read delivering on

    the LGNZ Libraries Advisory Project
    Library of the Issue: Infofind - the RNZ library
    Tertiary Profile: Qualifications lead to career opportunities
    History Corner: The Library Association Act 1939
    Professional Registration: V[...]: Seed Libraries



    COVER IMAGE
    The newly opened library and community

    DESIGN
    Jess Buchanan-Smith
    LIANZA Office & Design Manager

    EDITORIAL STATEMENT

    Library Life is the digital magazine of
    hub Te Ahuru Mowai in Feilding. Image
    credit Kevin Bills Media.

    New Zealand's Library and Information

    Association Te Rau Herenga o Aot[...]oa.org.nz/ news on issues relating to the GLAMIR

    library-life sector. You may use material found in this

    LIANZ[...]ble on request

    So) Yaar
    ISSN# 1176-8088

    LIANZA

    Library and Information Association of New Zealand[...]
    [...]ake photos of the Clementinum, the Czech National Library, once a Jesuit college
    established in 1781 in a m[...]excited to feature
    Infofind, Radio New Zealand's library, a very busy special library.

    We meet Dahlia Malaeulu, publisher of Mila’s[...]ed in this issue.

    Marion Read tells us about her library mahi over the past two and a half years
    delivering on the LGNZ Libraries Advisory project.

    Focusing on library builds, Te Rau Ora Library Life highlights two recent rebuilds in
    South Taranaki[...]Kat Cuttriss tells us about the work of the
    IFLA Library Buildings Committee.

    There are many great[...]
    [...]mazing LIANZA
    Office team and the lovely VUW.
    Law library team for their help
    and accommodation.

    It[...]
    [...]portunities to support
    Maori professionals in the library
    and information sectors.

    Another highlight of Ju[...]f. Image credit Jess Buchanan-Smith.

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    [...]anagement and community engagement platform. Your library can
    create a tailored digital collection with Rec[...]collect streamlines the operational needs of your library. It does
    so while providing uncompromised functio[...]llect’s unique approach
    to metadata allows your
    library to create customised
    metadata fields, adopt

    an e[...]standards.
    Through applying custom
    metadata, your library can
    create a web of connections
    between items, en[...]ollect’s moderation
    functionality provides your
    library with full control over
    community contribut[...]
    [...]k Hub. Image credits Mila’s Books.

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    invisible in so many spaces across society,
    i[...]upporters who have helped to bring
    our stories to life and ensured access to our stories
    for our[...]
    [...]most importantly, says Dahlia, “| believe

    all library staff should read and experience the
    power[...]
    [...]ed
    loan requests for schools through the National
    Library of New Zealand's Services to Schools.
    The lack of[...]Telesda series ignited my desire to

    Issue 504 + Library Life «





    FEATURES

    read more Pasifika aut[...]
    [...]village of Vaigaga in Apia and works for National
    Library Services to Schools. Mary loves to read an[...]
    [...]it The Book Awards Trust/Vijay Paul.

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    [...]hors and
    illustrators bring the magic of books to life at
    sessions for school children in the immediate[...]eds of school students converged on

    the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna
    Matauranga o Aotearoa and[...]Authors Te
    Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa, the National Library of
    New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotear[...]
    [...]'s End Publishing)

    Images supplied.

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    [...]Nikki Moen identified the need

    for a new Hawera Library as a multi-purpose
    library and community, culture and heritage
    facility. Sou[...]council-supported art gallery from

    The original library. Image credit Cath Sheard.

    Putanga 504 « Te Rau[...]a new purpose-built space. It
    almost doubles the library space from our existing
    beautiful, but cra[...]
    [...]hen it doesn't look like anything is

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    FEATURES



    happening. When work firs[...]
    [...]utely.

    | never thought I'd get a new build in my library
    career, so it’s a wonderful challenge an[...]
    FEATURES

    THE NEW MANAWATU COMMUNITY HUB/LIBRARY

    A library redevelopment in Feilding began
    construction in 2[...]vices Manager, Manawatu
    District Council. The new library space opened
    on July 22.

    Since 2014, we have been journeying to liven

    up our library services and embody ‘Libraries

    as community hu[...]and

    Image credit Kevin Bills Media.

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    our facility is call[...]provide after-
    hours self-service access to full library services
    and meeting rooms. Open Plus is an exten[...]9:30am - 11pm
    on Sundays and Public Holidays for library services
    and we are using Gallagher system[...]
    [...]'ve learned while building and designing
    this new library is that if you are redeveloping an
    existing space[...]have achieved our four goals.

    Redeveloping your library or building a new one

    is such an incredible thin[...]munity member

    sees the value and investment in a library, let
    alone a large-scale redevelopment. Use those[...]value and the connection that the
    work done in a library or community facility brings
    to those in t[...]
    The IFLA Library Buildings & Equipment Section
    (LBES) (

    ) compris[...]re insights about the design,
    building and use of library physical spaces from
    all corners of the globe. Un[...]h can be
    invaluable for librarians who are new to library
    building projects. | particularly enjoy the
    cross[...]iliar. Essentially, | believe that every physical
    library, regardless of location or context, has a
    fundame[...]and
    relevant experiences for the community whose
    library it is. I'm endlessly fascinated by how we
    can all[...]e as varied as the geographic region
    in which any library is placed. We'll look at how
    best to refurbish a ‘small but mighty’ local library,
    explore what's involved in a multi-million-dolla[...]architecture and how to transform ‘difficult’ library
    buildings.

    Also worth a look is the webinar on B[...]e challenges,
    which includes stunning examples of library
    developments in Sweden and Romania, as well

    IFLA[...]awai'i midterm 2024. Image supplied.

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    www.lianza.org.nz
    [...]spirit has stayed
    strong through the provision of library support
    and services, under unimaginable pressure[...]de invaluable opportunities

    for being ‘in’ a library space and feeling first-hand
    how it works and wha[...]atherings also give the chance to meet with local
    library staff and community members and see them
    in pract[...]celebrate the much-coveted Baker & Taylor
    Public Library of the Year (PLOTY) 2024 winner
    (IFLA/Baker & Taylor Public Library of the Year
    Award - IFLA), announced during the conference.
    This award is presented to a public library
    anywhere in the world with the best combination o[...]. Please feel free to post pictures
    of your local library and any you see and visit on
    your travels!

    The c[...]versity of Sydney) and
    Secretary (Janet Fletcher, Library Director at
    Australian Catholic University, forme[...]na Matauraka o
    Waitaha | University of Canterbury Library, and the Information Coordinator of the IFLA
    Library Buildings & Equipment (LBES) Section.

    www[...]
    [...]cles were
    chosen when the older and larger mobile library
    needed replacing. PUrehurehu mobile library
    provides a more traditional mobile library service,
    visiting schools and places where library users can
    climb the steps to view and choose thei[...]Mangaroa is New Zealand's first electric mobile
    library service, Acknowledging local place names,
    flora a[...]. Image credit Upper Hutt Libraries.

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    Mangaroa (Long Stream) was selected for the n[...]solar
    panels to serve as reminders of the mobile library
    service's eco-friendly nature.

    The specially des[...]ies Manager.

    Choosing an EV was important to the library.

    Their council was putting greater emphas[...]
    [...]direction and what they were trying to do at the
    library.

    “It's great for getting attention from non-library
    users as it creates a talking point. And when it[...]on't need a heavy traffic licence to drive them.

    Library users love the new vehicles. “Sometimes
    we have them parked out the back of the library or
    facility and people come and see the eye-catch[...]chool times means parents
    can also use the mobile library service.

    The vehicles also support one-off commu[...]nta Parade - it’s a
    way to get out there to non-library users.’

    Another innovation in their outreach s[...]stools where a laptop can be used help introduce
    library products like LinkedIn Learning and
    e-book[...]
    [...]g
    glimpse into the world of

    the Waikato Hospital Library
    presented by Nicole Frew.
    Nicole talked about Hospital
    Library's unique role and the
    planned merging of library
    services across the health sector
    to create bette[...]highlights included Izzy
    Zhang from Highland Park
    Library presenting on using
    WeChat to help engage with
    th[...]y, Jody Smart,
    and Leslie Goodliffe from
    Tauranga Library Archives
    presenting on the challenges

    of relocat[...]lunch and
    the opportunity to explore the
    Matamata library.

    The afternoon was rounded off
    by Katarina Allel[...]ickson talking about the impact
    that the National Library's PUtoi
    Rito Communities of Readers
    had in the Ka[...]nd school. Image credit Mel Chivers.

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    NEWSBOARD

    LIANZA TE WHAKAK[...]of the plans for the amazing new
    Tauranga public library building
    within the new civic precinct Te
    Manawat[...]ive Director. Then,
    Melanie Brebner, the District
    Library Manager for Matamata
    Piako libraries, presented a[...]Advisor, and Lisa Hayward -
    Ringa Tohu Community Library
    Lead, both from Hamilton

    City Libraries T[...]
    PITOPITO KORERO

    100 REASONS TO HAVE
    A LIBRARY CARD

    It’s personal.
    It’s your family.
    It’s[...]24, Catherine Leonard,
    Auckland Council's Head of
    Library and Learning Services,
    shares the secret to the
    s[...]heir membership
    campaign ‘100 reasons to have
    a library card:

    “Going to the library changed my
    life. It may even have saved it.”
    Billy Connolly.

    F[...]lives, there’s no need

    to convince us to get a library
    card. But how do we make sure
    communities know how much
    their library card can offer them?

    In 2020, Auckland Council
    L[...]rch project to identify
    opportunities to increase library

    Image credit Auckland Libraries.

    slr |

    Online[...]new and active members (those
    who have used their library card
    in the past 12 months).

    The research showed[...]ety

    of collections and services
    available with a library card.

    There was also a traditional
    perception of[...]ervices and grow the number of
    Aucklanders with a library card
    in their back pocket.

    Putanga 504 «[...]
    [...].

    After a series of collaborative
    workshops with library leaders,
    Auckland Council marketing
    specialists a[...]ted key audiences
    who could be convinced
    to get a library card and
    explore the breadth and
    depth of their library
    service.

    100 REASONS
    TO HAVE A
    LIBRARY CARD

    After going fines-free in
    2021, an initiati[...]barriers
    that stopped people
    from accessing their
    library service, the ‘100
    reasons to have a library card’
    campaign was designed to give
    Aucklanders[...]hers) to come along

    and start their story at the library.

    The eye-catching and vibrant
    campaign artwork f[...]e featured
    the campaign on our regional
    and local library channels and
    Auckland Council channels.

    This mix[...]nels
    allowed us to run many tactical

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    NEWSBOARD

    IMPRESS A DAT[...]ed marketing with

    their “100 reasons to have a library card”
    campaign. The campaign was based o[...]
    [...]Battle of Te
    Ranga in 1864, “What of Taratoa's
    life before this very typical and
    tragic end, s[...]
    [...]ster and Curator, Maori at the Alexander Turnbull Library. In 2017 he was awarded Creative
    New Zealand's Be[...]s/read-watch-play/maori/pumukas-flag

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    [...]S



    On June 30, Marion Read
    ended her full-time library
    career by completing her
    NZLPP-funded role as
    Lib[...]next for her. Marion brings
    more than 40 years of library
    management experience in
    public, tertiary, and sp[...]gement.

    Digital artwork in The Phive, Parramatta Library. Image supplied.

    Putanga 504 « Te Rau Or[...]
    [...]ility and understanding

    of the value that public library
    services provide to communities,
    resulting in better-informed
    funding decisions for library
    services delivery.

    As a member of the Fine Free[...]tapihi
    in Bulls, Te Kete Aronui in
    Hamilton, Gore Library, and Te
    Whare Whakatere in Ashburton.

    Attending the opening of the
    new award-winning Blenheim
    Library and Art Gallery, Te Kahu
    o Waipuna, and the new M[...]oup and presenting
    the findings from that tour to
    library staff and council leaders
    from across the country[...]ildings
    incorporating arts and culture
    into their library spaces’

    Marion is embarking on a new
    journey with the establishment
    of her library consultancy
    business - ReadME Library
    Consultancy.

    From left, Maia Abraham, Siren Delu[...]ion Read. Image credit Maia Abraham.

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    INFOFIND - THE RADIO NEW ZEALAND LIBRARY

    Infofind, the Radio New
    Zealand (RNZ) Library, can

    be found on the Terrace in
    central Wellingt[...]fofind
    librarian Melanie Stassen tells
    Te Rau Ora Library Life about
    this unique special library.

    We used to be the library for
    the New Zealand Broadcasting
    Corporation, whi[...]or Nine To Noon, and

    Melanie Stassen of Infofind Library, with the ‘Prince’ file. Image supplie[...]
    [...]t patron of the
    day, Kathryn Ryan - also a

    heavy library user - keeps us
    busy with queries as diverse as
    t[...]and |
    share one librarian position, and
    Yumi is a library assistant. We
    used to have a lot more. But
    RNZ su[...]right: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly.

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    LIANZA REGULAR COLUMNS[...]service, and we survived.

    We use Liberty as our library
    management system and were
    early adopters of it w[...]media landscape in New
    Zealand and overseas. The
    library is for RNZ employees.
    However, we are alwa[...]
    [...]online study helped
    Open Polytechnic Bachelor
    of Library and Information
    Studies (BLIS) graduate Lisa
    Beck[...]braries and reading had been
    a big part of Lisa's life since she
    was a child. Her original interest[...]| grew up ina reading family
    where we went to the library
    every week and always had

    a book with us to keep[...]y job now, even though
    it's not classified as the library
    and information industry, | work
    with a va[...]
    [...]ces.”

    Even if Lisa doesn't end up
    working in a library, she would
    still love to be involved on a
    volunta[...]s an
    information professional.

    NZ Certificate in Library &
    Information Services for
    Children & Teens (Level 6)

    NZ Diploma in Library &
    Information Studies
    (Level 5)

    NZ Diploma in Records &
    Information Management
    (Level 6)

    Bachelor of Library &
    Information Studies

    Graduate Certificate/
    Diploma in Library &
    Information Leadership

    Visit the website for m[...]her studies, Lisa has
    been impressed by her local
    library, Paraparaumu Library,
    one of the Kapiti Coast District
    Libraries.

    “[...]n
    Polytechnic. “I'm a pretty self-

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    LIANZA REGULAR COLUMNS

    dis[...]flexibility and
    being able to fit it around daily
    life is invaluable.”

    For further information[...]
    LIANZA REGULAR COLUMNS

    HISTORY CORNER



    THE NEW ZEALAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ACT 1939

    Professional associations[...]established

    through legislation, so how did
    the Library Association end up
    with its own Act of Parliament[...]ion says that “neither
    the City Council nor its Library
    Committee met on that day.’ The
    association con[...]of the flesh, and particularly

    the essentials of life, had to be
    given precedence. It would be
    almost c[...]Debating chamber in Parliament, 1930s. National Library Records 22689170.

    Putanga 504 « Te Rau Ora «[...]the nature of
    the association’

    The New Zealand Library
    Association Act was read in
    Parliament on[...]
    [...]the
    brief second-reading debate;
    'The New Zealand Library
    Association desires it,’ replied
    the Hon. Mr Fr[...]ustees.
    The association will endeavour
    to improve library facilities and
    popularise libraries. It will also
    encourage young people to
    qualify for library work.’

    One interesting aspect of the
    Act is pa[...]ell as providing funds
    for the building of actual
    library buildings the important
    philanthropy of the Carne[...]to appoint
    a liaison officer between the
    Country Library Service and
    the association was put into
    operatio[...]cEldowney, W. J. / Geoffrey
    Alley, librarian: his life and work
    (2006)

    McEldowney, W. J. / New
    Zealand Library Association
    1910-1960 (1962)

    Nelson Evening Mail[...]f Auckland Collections based at the Central City

    Library in Tamaki Makurau.

    Petone Municipal Library, 1949. Image credit Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327) Reference: EP-Libraries-Public-01.

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    [...], Te
    Whatu Ora - Waitaha. She
    talks to Te Rau Ora Library Life
    about being professionally
    registered.

    WHAT IS T[...]rrent with innovation and
    developments inside the library
    profession.

    DO YOU HAVE ANY
    POSITIVE COMM[...]
    [...]Capability framework to strengthen the Aotearoa library workforce

    Te Totara is a capability
    framework for our Aotearoa
    library and information sector

    Using a capability framew[...]w and in the future. Te Totara is created for the library

    and information sector, by the

    This framework i[...]put from
    over 100 representatives in the
    Aotearoa library and information
    sector, as well as collaboration[...]ZA), Australian (ALIA) and
    United Kingdom (CILIP) library
    associations.

    Te Totara helps identify the areas[...]Taku Totara if needed, depending
    on your type of library, size of your team, local context,
    collect[...]
    [...]s most’ and is meant to
    be adaptable to diverse library and information-sector environments. This
    way, pe[...]eview group with a few people
    (either within your library or collaborate with
    others if you are a small library).



    Check your organisation’s existing values[...]following questions:

    Meet Atamai

    She isa School Library Manager
    She wants to simplify the capability
    framework to suit a school library
    environment in order to identify the
    capabilities[...]nd
    support needs.



    Meet George

    He is a Public Library Manager
    He wants to adapt the capability

    framewo[...]sive services.



    Meet Alex

    They are a Tertiary Library
    Manager/Team leader

    They want to use the capabil[...]Fill the basket of

    knowledge

    Whether you are a library staff member, team leader





    How am! How can[...]r
    colleagues and manager.



    oN

    SLANZA

    LIANZA

    Library and Information Association of New Zealand[...]
    [...]n Copyright.



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    There is a[...]
    LIANZA REGULAR COLUMNS

    The Robertson Library Seed
    Library at Otakou Whakaihu
    Waka - The University of Otago
    is branching out by launching
    a newly installed Seed Library
    at the Hocken Collections.
    This is an exciting mo[...]braries, it is still finding its
    place.

    The Seed Library at Otakou Whakaihu Waka - The University of Otago[...]age supplied.

    Putanga 504 « Te Rau Ora «

    SEED LIBRARY KORERO

    It works by people taking seeds
    from our initial seed stock in the
    seed library unit, growing the
    plants, then saving the seeds
    of those plants and returning
    them to the seed library to
    deposit them for others to use.
    Saving seeds i[...]knowledge.

    Through our various interactions
    with library users, in whatever
    form or shape they may take,
    l[...]ny
    people nationwide due to our
    ability to inform library users of
    the latest information regarding[...]
    [...]es. We are

    all needed. Ka whawhai tonu

    The Seed Library at Otakou Whakaihu Waka - The University of Otago Libraries. Image supplied.

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    LIANZA REGULAR COLUM[...]

    TXT

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    LIBRARY
    TE RAU ORA[...]AND
    LIBRARY MAHI: MARION READ DELIVERING ON THE LGNZ L[...]
    [...]IFLA Library Buildings Committee[...]IFLA Library Buildings Committee[...]Library Mahi: Marion Read delivering on[...]Library of the Issue: Infofind – the RNZ library[...]History Corner: The Library Association Act 1939[...]EDITORIAL STATEMENT
    The newly opened library and community Jess Buchanan-Smith Library Life is the digital magazine of
    hub Te Āhuru Mōwai i[...]ce & Design Manager New Zealand’s Library and Information
    credit Kevin Bills Media.[...]e GLAMIR
    Angela Cairncross library-life sector. Yo[...]
    [...]ake photos of the Clementinum, the Czech National Library, once a Jesuit college
    established in 1781 in a m[...]xcited to feature
    Infofind, Radio New Zealand’s library, a very busy special library.

    We meet Dahlia Malaeulu, publisher of Mila’s[...]ed in this issue.

    Marion Read tells us about her library mahi over the past two and a half years
    delivering on the LGNZ Libraries Advisory project.

    Focusing on library builds, Te Rau Ora Library Life highlights two recent rebuilds in
    South Taranaki[...]Kat Cuttriss tells us about the work of the
    IFLA Library Buildings Committee.

    There are many great articl[...]dvisor




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    [...]Law library team for their help and netwo[...]
    [...]talented writers and
    Māori professionals in the library artists and to be a part of the[...]Issue 504 • Library Life • www.lianza.org.nz
    [...]anagement and community engagement platform. Your library can
    create a tailored digital collection with Rec[...]collect streamlines the operational needs of your library. It does
    so while providing uncompromised functio[...]configured allow community members
    library to create customised to incorp[...]oral histories, or other
    metadata, your library can groups, researchers, and[...]engage your community. library with full control over[...]
    [...]our stories to life and ensured access to our stories[...]Issue 504 • Library Life • www.lianza.org.nz
    [...]he Pasifika Book all library staff should read and experience the
    H[...]
    [...]hools through the National Samoa.
    Library of New Zealand’s Services to Schools.
    The lack[...]Issue 504 • Library Life • www.lianza.org.nz
    [...]a and works for National
    Library Services to Schools. Mary loves to read an[...]
    [...]Issue 504 • Library Life • www.lianza.org.nz
    [...]illustrators bring the magic of books to life at
    escalating mental health problems.[...]the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna
    The winner of the Rus[...]Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa, the National Library of
    trusts readers to meet the book's[...]
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    [...]ARNED WHILE
    BUILDING A NEW LIBRARY




    In 2011, a review of the South Taranaki[...]d almost doubles the library space from our existing
    for a new Hāwera Library as a multi-purpose beautiful, but cramped, heritage building.
    library and community, culture and heritage
    facility[...]cil-supported art gallery from

    The original library. Image credit Cath Sheard.[...]
    [...]Issue 504 • Library Life • www.lianza.org.nz
    [...]I never thought I’d get a new build in my library
    the workroom due to someone being sig[...]
    [...]Ū C O M M U N I T Y H U B / L I B R A R Y




    A library redevelopment in Feilding began[...]ices Manager, Manawatū
    District Council. The new library space opened It would be hard[...]n various textures, including wood panels,
    up our library services and embody ‘Libraries[...]hours self-service access to full library services
    We added meeting and event spaces, a pub[...]on Sundays and Public Holidays for library services
    systems and break-out spaces, and techno[...]Issue 504 • Library Life • www.lianza.org.nz
    [...]Redeveloping your library or building a new one[...]rty funding is complex and lengthy,
    this new library is that if you are redeveloping an but t[...]sees the value and investment in a library, let
    variations, especially when earthquake[...]t started our journey work done in a library or community facility brings
    to moder[...]
    [...]FEATURES 19




    IFLA LIBRARY
    BUILDINGS COMMIT TEE




    The IFLA Library Buildings & Equipment Section[...]rt, typography, furniture, equipment, and
    (LBES) (Library Buildings and Equipment[...]ried as the geographic region
    building and use of library physical spaces from in which any library is placed. We’ll look at how
    all corners of the[...]best to refurbish a ‘small but mighty’ local library,
    librarian Kat Cuttriss, a member of the LBES[...]d freely
    invaluable for librarians who are new to library available on our YouTube ch[...]particularly enjoy the Library Buildings & Equipment - YouTube) along
    cross-sect[...]recent mid-term at the University of Hawai’i in
    library, regardless of location or context, has a[...]architecture and how to transform ‘difficult’ library
    library it is. I’m endlessly fascinated by how we[...]which includes stunning examples of library
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    for being ‘in’ a library space and feeling first-hand co[...]eet with local of your local library and any you see and visit on
    library staff and community members and see them[...]Secretary (Janet Fletcher, Library Director at
    September/October (IFLA Informat[...]l university librarians and all based
    Public Library of the Year (PLOTY) 2024 winner[...]! We’re a very
    (IFLA/Baker & Taylor Public Library of the Year popular secti[...]in touch
    This award is presented to a public library and see what we offer[...]Waitaha | University of Canterbury Library, and the Information Coordinator of the IFLA
    Library Buildings & Equipment (LBES) Section.[...]
    [...]panels to serve as reminders of the mobile library[...]cles were
    chosen when the older and larger mobile library The specially designed sh[...]e rolled out
    needed replacing. Pūrehurehu mobile library of the vehicle and ta[...]ities – this
    provides a more traditional mobile library service, works for retirement[...]climbing steps
    visiting schools and places where library users can isn’t easy, and f[...]Mangaroa is New Zealand’s first electric mobile
    library service. Acknowledging local place names, Choosing an EV was important to the library.
    flora and fauna once abundant in the upper[...]Issue 504 • Library Life • www.lianza.org.nz
    [...]recreation and sports events, and festivals.
    library.[...]“It’s great for getting attention from non-library school holiday events, wit[...]way to get out there to non-library users.”

    These smaller vehicles make it mu[...]d just before COVID-19 stalled plans for its
    Library users love the new vehicles. “Sometimes[...]nch.
    we have them parked out the back of the library or
    facility and people come and see the eye-[...]sidents who don’t know library products like LinkedIn Learning and
    about wh[...]re, as some children
    can also use the mobile library service.[...]
    [...]uncil then gave a Tauranga public library building
    hosted 53 librarians at the[...]was a fantastic opportunity Library presenting on using Library Manager for Matamata
    for librarians from around t[...]Tauranga Library Archives Melanie discussed t[...]off another engaging and
    the Waikato Hospital Library followed by a fantastic lunch[...]alked about Hospital Matamata library. Thanks to Fiona Rongo and the
    Library's unique role and the[...]team at Matamata-Piako for
    planned merging of library The afternoon was rounded o[...]f and patients. that the National Library's Pūtoi[...]ps with local Ringa Tohu Community Library
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    [...]S T O H AV E
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    After winning first place[...]ional Marketing Award who have used their library card
    2024, Catherine Leonard, i[...]fortuitous timing. Out of
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    a library card’. not about the wide[...]ld redirect some operational
    “Going to the library changed my available with a library card. budget savings. Working closely
    life. It may even have saved it.”[...]Aucklanders.
    to convince us to get a library
    card. But how do we make sure Our jo[...]commit to a three-year strategic
    their library card can offer them? libraries in Aucklanders'[...]esearch project to identify Aucklanders with a library card been able to have previously,
    opportunities to increase library in their back pocket.[...]
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    workshops with library leaders,[...]Comment from the judges
    to get a library card and[...]d how the top campaign by Auckland
    depth of their library
    Council Librarie[...]their “100 reasons to have a library card”[...]to our strategy and
    LIBRARY CARD members joining directly[...]job of bringing to life the full breadth of library
    2021, an initiative aimed[...]real journey ourselves.
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    [...]shaped by the taonga we [Te life before this very typical and
    the 1864[...]
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    of the value that public library delivery in the new libraries[...]er highlight, she says, was
    funding decisions for library included facilities in Motueka,[...]Community Centre, Te Matapihi library staff and council leaders
    Aotearoa working group,[...]moted the benefits Hamilton, Gore Library, and Te the tour, we saw outsta[...]gs
    improved access to public Library and Art Gallery, Te Kahu incorpor[...]and the new Matatiki into their library spaces”.
    libraries now fully fine-free.[...]ing the annual Local of her library consultancy
    visit so many wonderful libraries[...]and business – ReadME Library
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    this unique special library. programme producers are[...]ters with accurate, timely
    We used to be the library for[...]iles. It’s an

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    [...]Mail reported in February 1938
    the Library Association end up policy durin[...]The New Zealand Library
    on 7 February 1910.” Although a[...]on the docket that
    the City Council nor its Library policy on libraries, but the[...]7 was important the essentials of life, had to be W. J, McEldowney describes[...]Debating chamber in Parliament, 1930s. National Library Records 22689170.[...]
    [...]'Who wants the Bill?' asked library buildings the important Hall.[...]Corporation also provided
    'The New Zealand Library money for the advancemen[...]n was Alley, librarian: his life and work
    substance of the debate."[...]due to the war. Zealand Library Association
    association to handle funds. A[...]a liaison officer between the
    to improve library facilities and Country Library Service and Parliamentary[...]1939) 256 NZPD p.221
    qualify for library work.” the Carnegie Corp[...]sed at the Central City
    Library in Tāmaki Makurau.




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    [...]2020 and my developments inside the library
    Master[...]dation process goes in a
    talks to Te Rau Ora Library Life of my professional development[...]
    [...]Capability framework to strengthen the Aotearoa library workforce

    Te Tōtara is a capability[...]capabilities needed
    library and information sector we as individuals[...]future. Te Tōtara is created for the library[...]Aotearoa library and information[...]s changing rapidly United Kingdom (CILIP) library
    with new information technologies.[...]on your type of library, size of your team, local context,
    • T[...]- The elements of Te Tōtara
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    [...]She is a School Library Manager He is a Public Library Manager[...]framework to suit a school library framework to make it fit for purpose
    Te T[...]ommunity so that they
    be adaptable to diverse library and information-sector environments. This[...]p with a few people
    (either within your library or collaborate with
    others if you are a small library).

    Check your organisation’s existing[...]They are a Tertiary Library
    Hui with the review group about these n[...]Whether you are a library staff member, team leader[...]
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    [...]SEED LIBRARY KŌRERO




    The Robertson Library Seed It works by people tak[...]because our climate is changing,
    Library at Ōtākou Whakaihu from o[...]- The University of Otago seed library unit, growing the can play a cruc[...]y and climate action.
    a newly installed Seed Library of those plants and returning[...]llections. them to the seed library to mātauranga, the wellspring[...]take control of the kai we with library users, in whatever
    include visiting research[...]Aotearoa is ability to inform library users of
    … and seeds. Seed libraries[...]we face the past as we move

    The Seed Library at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka - The University[...]
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    [...]eptember Mahuru&nbsp;issue of&nbsp;<em>Te Rau Ora Library Life</em>&nbsp;is here.</strong></p>
    <p><span[...]ed to feature Infofind, Radio New Zealand&rsquo;s library, in this issue. We meet Dahlia Malaeulu, publishe[...]br>Also, we have Marion Read telling us about her library mahi over the last two and a half years deliverin[...]NZ Libraries Advisory Project.<br><br>Focusing on library builds,&nbsp;<em>Te Rau Ora Library Life</em>&nbsp;highlights two recent rebuilds in South[...]d Kat Cutriss tells us about the work of the IFLA Library Buildings Committee.<br><br>There are many great articles and news items here, ranging from Auckland Libraries' international award-winning marketing campaign to Te Whakakitenga aa Kaimai&rsquo;s Weekend School, the Upper Hutt Libraries outreach programme, and so much more.</p>
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